The adventures of an ensign (Registro nro. 118798)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 18003274
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UtSlPG
041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title en
Source of code iso639-1
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number D501
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Williams, Valentine,
Dates associated with a name 1883-1946
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The adventures of an ensign
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Salt Lake City, UT :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Project Gutenberg,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2026
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource :
Other physical details multiple file formats
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Content type term text
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Media type code c
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term online resource
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Source rdacarrier
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Release date is 2026-03-01
508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE
Creation/production credits note MWS, chenzw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The adventures of an ensign by Valentine Williams is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows a young Guards subaltern—referred to as “our Ensign”—through his first experiences of World War I, from departure at Waterloo Station and the Channel crossing to training at the Guards’ Base, service in the Ypres Salient, and movement toward the Somme, blending camaraderie, routine duty, and the stark reality of trench warfare.<br/><br/>The opening of this novel traces the Ensign’s journey from London to France in the summer of the Somme offensive, his wait at the Guards’ Base with vast parade-ground training and bayonet lectures, and his first baptism of shellfire on arrival in Belgium. Separated from his friend “The Lad,” he joins No. 2 Company, learns ration runs and night moves, sleeps in dug-outs, and witnesses his first casualties. Rotating into reserve, he discovers the double-company mess, long night fatigues of wiring and parapet work, and occasional patrols, before the unit marches south through French villages to an orchard encampment overseen by a kindly local baron, with river baths, church parades, and even a royal visit. Sent at last to the Somme front, the company’s task is to “clean up” shattered trenches—wiring, repairing, burying the dead, salvaging equipment—culminating in an eerie walk through an abandoned, corpse-strewn line, after which they withdraw to rest in a forest camp. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE
Introductory phrase Originally published:
Publication, distribution, etc. of original Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1917
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
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Uncontrolled term Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://archive.org/details/adventuresofensi00will">https://archive.org/details/adventuresofensi00will</a>
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78078">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78078</a>

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